In a strong signal of Moscow's intention to play a greater role in the Middle East, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrived in Cairo on Monday to meet with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi and Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri.
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NATO and the West must act quickly to prevent an escalation of violence between Ukraine and Russia, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Tuesday, saying further sanctions against Moscow and more military help to Kyiv could help.
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World number two Daniil Medvedev of Russia has tested positive for COVID-19 and has been withdrawn from this week's Monte Carlo Masters, the ATP said on Tuesday.
Medvedev, who was seeded second behind top-ranked Novak Djokovic at the ATP Masters (...)
Lebanese Prime Minister designate Saad al-Hariri intends to ask Russia for economic assistance during a visit to Moscow later this week, the RIA news agency cited his special representative as saying on Tuesday.
The request will be related to (...)
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry received on Monday in Cairo his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, who is on an official visit to Egypt as part of a Middle East tour.
"Egypt and Russia continue to bolster relations through exchanging (...)
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has reaffirmed that Egypt is one of the main partners to Russia in the Middle East and Africa.
Speaking to state-run Al-Ahram newspaper on Sunday, the top Russian diplomat reiterated that there are promising (...)
Iran's nuclear program has been targeted by diplomatic efforts and sabotage attacks over the last decade, with the latest incident striking its underground Natanz facility.
The attack Sunday at Natanz comes as world powers try to negotiate a return (...)
Egypt is one of the main partners to Russia in the Middle East and Africa, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov confirmed.
The top Russian diplomat reiterated that there are promising horizons for strategic cooperation between Cairo and Moscow, (...)
The global chemical weapons watchdog has "reasonable grounds to believe" that Syria's air force dropped a chlorine bomb on a residential neighbourhood in the rebel-controlled Idlib region in February 2018, a report released on Monday said.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has not yet been able to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss the escalating conflict in eastern Ukraine despite lodging a request to do so, Zelenskiy's spokeswoman said on Monday.
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The global chemical weapons watchdog has "reasonable grounds to believe" that Syria's air force dropped a chlorine bomb on a residential neighbourhood in the rebel-controlled Idlib region in February 2018, a report released on Monday said.
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Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov has revealed that his country had proposed technical assistance in the Ethiopian Nile dam negotiation, but there was no call for mediation.
Lavrov added that Russia supports the efforts of the (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have met to discuss cooperation projects and regional issues of mutual interest.
During the meeting, the two sides stressed the depth of relations between (...)
There are few doubts about who carried out the cyber-attack on Iran's Natanz nuclear site last week. Usually, these highly effective operations are carried out by Israel.
While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, suspicion fell (...)
The increasing importance of the Red Sea as a nexus of geopolitical competition poses security problems to countries in the region. A lack of consensus on the rules of competition among international and regional powers has only intensified the (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov have met to discuss cooperation projects and regional issues of mutual interest.
During the meeting, the two sides stressed the depth of relations between (...)
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi met, on Monday, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov, during the latter's visit to Cairo.
The meeting addressed Egypt-Russia cooperation in different fields, and the Ethiopian Nile dam (...)
Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry told TASS that Egypt hopes Russia takes a prompt decision to resume flights to Egyptian resorts ahead of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's visit to Cairo, which is scheduled for Monday 12 April.
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The European Union's top diplomat said on Sunday Russia and China were hampering a united international response to Myanmar's military coup and that the EU could offer more economic incentives if democracy returns to the country.
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Libyan Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibeh and a delegation of ministers will make their first visit to Turkey on Monday since taking office last month, the Turkish presidency said on Sunday.
Libya's new unity government was sworn in on March 15 from (...)
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday called for the "worrying" developments in eastern Ukraine's Donbass region to come to an end after meeting his Ukrainian counterpart in Istanbul, adding Turkey was ready to provide any necessary (...)
Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko is visiting Egypt to commemorate the first space flight by Russian pilot Yuri Gagarin, who was the first human being to travel to outer space.
Kornienko is in Egypt to attend a ceremony on 9 April to celebrate the (...)
The Kremlin said Friday it fears the resumption of full-scale fighting in eastern Ukraine and could take steps to protect civilians there, a stark warning that comes amid a Russian troop buildup along the border.
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Without coming right out and saying it, President Joe Biden seems ready to let lapse a May 1 deadline for completing a withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Orderly withdrawals take time, and Biden is running out of it.
Biden has inched so (...)
At least 11 demonstrators were killed in clashes with security forces in a town in northwest Myanmar after truckloads of troops arrived to quell a protest against the ruling military junta, domestic media reported on Thursday.
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